lootingn.
/ˈluːtɪŋ/ The action of loot v. Also attributive.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun]
harryingc900
harrowingc1000
skeckinga1387
pillagea1393
skickinga1400
forayingc1400
hership1487
direption1528
sackc1550
sacking1560
sackage1577
saccaging1585
picory1591
reprisalc1595
boot-haling1598
booty-haling1611
rapture?1611
ravage1611
prize-taking1633
plunder1643
booting1651
hen roost1762
ravagement1766
raiding1785
loot1839
looting1842
1842 Ld. Ellenborough Let. 17 May in Hist. Indian Admin. (1874) 194 The plunderers are beaten whenever they are caught, but there is a good deal of burning and ‘looting’ as they call it.
1859 M. Thomson Story of Cawnpore iii. 48 For downright looting commend me to the hirsute Sikh.
1862 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan I. 135 I observed, in the suburb large looting parties, composed of Chinese blackguards, ransacking the houses.
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